Quiksilver Premieres New Film, “Washed” At Rivian Theatre In Laguna Beach

Quiksilver’s two past films, Repeater and Saturn, are proof that a mainstream surf brand can still produce the best films in 2025.

Trips, team salaries, filmers, editors, music licenses — it all adds up to…. a lot.

At the end of the day, all we as surf fans care about is if a brand invests its cash into creating films. Make the films, and the T-shirt purchases will follow.

And though “Washed” is similar to Quik’s past films, it’s different for one key reason: they ditched the format of different sections based on location, and instead separated the film into surfer-specific sections, à la throwback movies like Innersection or the Momentum movies.

This creates a different energy to the movie and creates star-making moments, like Microdose star Lungi Slabb’s breakout section, which garnered the most claps, shouts, and guttural “wows” in the theatre, despite featuring near-zero airs.

The format also makes it possible to highlight surfers who simply do not have the time for freesurf trips, like Kanoa Igarashi, Griffin Colapinto, and Rio Waida. This is Kanoa’s first proper freesurf section since the Young Gun films of yore.

“Washed” also features bespoke sections from cult favorites and still-risings surfers like: Hughie Vaughan, Andy Nieblas, Mikey Wright, Kael Walsh, and more.

All in all, it’s 30 minutes of A+ footage from some of surfing’s favorite sons.

The public release date for “Washed” is still TBD. We’ll keep you posted when it’s on the airwaves. See the full gallery below: